Betsyjane

I'm really working on eating a raw food/whole food diet. During mushies, I've been keeping a big bunch of diced veges around, and some diced meats that I've cooked. They become soup, with Better Than Boullion added in, or added to boxed creamy soups. I throw some in my eggs and chew chew chew. I blend it all together as a pate. I also have some diced fruits thqt become drinks or just mushed up. Sometimes lunch is an avocado. I'm sure open to other suggestions.... Not wanting to cook a whole lot as I'll obsess more over food..... Not wanting to do artificial sweeteners or processed foods much.....

I've been walking and otherwise goofing off. Monday is 2 weeks post surgery and I'm headed for the treadmill and anything else aerobic. Not allowed to lift weights for 3 months.......

Hi Angela..... I am going through the same thing. But when I scheduled my first fill, I started doing better. Had a date to shoot for! Looking forward to Dec. 11! Glad to hear the news, Apink. Those first days become a distant memory pretty quickly. Good for you.

The challenge for me is that if I take a little of a craving, I take alot. I'm better off with none than some. Oddly, since my surgery, I'm not craving sweets or carbs at all, but I am insatiable for protein.

That disoriented feeling may be there until you get the anaesthetic out of your system. It might also be from lack of nutrients.....

My husband cheated years ago. I was so dumbfounded and hurt I didn't know how I'd live through it. It took years and alot of pain for both of us, but we are a better couple for it, and we are both better individuals. I would have thought I would kick him to the street. But each couple is different, and each set of circumstances is different. It turned out to be a wakeup call for both of us. We just had our 20th anniversary.

Congrats Kathy! Have you seen Better Than Boullion in your stores. It's soup base that really tastes hearty. It was great help to me during my first days banded. And yep. Walking helps with the gas. So does chewable tylenol and a heating pad.

Welcome to the journey, She Smiles. Hi Apink. Those gas pains were awful for me too. But do disappear, honest. Congrats on your weight loss! My challenge after that was that when the swelling disappeared, I found that I could eat anything, and I tested it! That threw me into a panic. But it didn't last and I'm settled down into getting to know my new life. Sometimes I have to pretend that there is a restriction and I'm just practicing how I'll need to eat after my first fill, but I'm really developing some peace about it. Everyday I learn something new.

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Spivak told me to wait a month for a fill. Wonder why they filled you during surgery. I have read that alot of European Drs. do that. Didn't think ours did.

does anybody know of a good Tai Chi DVD that ISN'T an explanation of every pose, but just does some of the routines straight through? I've bought 2 DVDs so far and they're both just one isolated pose and explanation after the other...no flow!

Ha! Good point, Patt! Stuffing yourself at Thanksgiving isn't that great either! I sat at the table, ate some mushy green Beans and a bit of pulverized turkey, gave my mother the evil eye for offering me gravy, and tried with moderate success to focus on conversation instead of food. did OK although the pecan pie looked awfully good. After, I had some chocolate protien shake just to appease my sweet tooth. So here I am! Wide awake, while everybody else is stuffed and napping! Think I'll go to Walmart.....

A heating pad helped with my gas, and so did walk walk walking. AND chewable Tylenol.

Hey apink. I was banded on the 13th, and believe me...it passes and then it feels soooo much better! Those gas pains were the worst! In a week you'll feel like a new woman!

I was told only to take Tylenol, for the above reason, but also because it doesn't thin the blood, in case or bleeding after surgery. Hey Misty. I know what you mean about being a food addict. the most encouraging thing for me so far is that every day is different. some days I learn from mistakes, and some days from successes. But ti's all heading in the right direction. Today, I'm grateful that I had exactly the right breakfast and exercise, and that I actually feel some real hunger that hasn't been covered up by stuffing myself. It feels good, and powerful. Maybe someday I'll be able to see my feet! It's a grand journey we're starting.

I attended a seminar, read this site, and talked with 4 people who had had the band.

I have been struggling with gas, aftermath of anaesthesia and the like. today, I finally feel good, and now what???? I'm hungry, able to eat anything, and feel the same as I did before I got the band! How can that be?????

I have found that my favorite things are simple. I have several containers in my fridge....ground up meats, meons & berries, diced assorted fresh veges. And some Better Than Boullion. Some days I throw a handful of each in with water and BTB and make soup. Somedays dry as a salad and I chew chew chew. some days on top of collage cheese..... or freeze the fruits and blend into a smoothie.

If you can only eat one bite at meals, no wonder you're grazing! I think the goal is to have 3 protein rich meals of around 5 ounces each, so you'll feel full! Otherwise, Im not sure how the band can be helpful. might be worth talking to your Dr., like today!

I'm gonna eat like an obnoxiously thin person!

Woo hoo! Good plan, Jill. And maybe after serving all those people, you'll be sick of looking at food!

Tee hee. good one. I'm going to announce that I am not the turkey when relatives try to stuff me at the table! As my Dr. says, "I know you'll hate to hear it, but you have to do ambitious aerobic exercise".

My husband and I follow Dave Ramsey religiously, and if we hadn't, we would never have gotten out of the mess we were in. Now it's another mess.....getting out of the obesity problem I've had, and doing it self pay. As far as we are concerned, it is a better investment than a house; fewer medical bills in the long run, better income potential for me being thinner, more activities we can do together, better sex. Some things are just worth the money. As my husband says, some people face a huge problem and just live with it, year after year. I'm tackling my problem, whatever it takes. Just like we did when we started following Dave Ramsey. What others who aren't morbidy obese don't get is that the TV ads are lies. You can't just "eat less, exercise more" at this stage, and especially if you've further mucked things up with frequent dieting, pills or whatever. People are being duped by ads for miracle weight loss pills or gyms wanting memberships. We are medically obese, and we need a mechanical tool to help us do what others can do without it. Just like we needed the financial tools Ramsey gave us.

Anybody want to meet for a cuppa after Thanksgiving, somewhere around 1960/59 North?